During her paso doble, Gilbert hit her head on the floor. She hid the injury while receiving commentary for the "Dancing With the Stars" judges, but according to THR she told the other dancers that she was feeling dizzy and lightheaded. Fellow contestant Gavin DeGraw carried Gilbert down a flight of stairs from the skybox as Gilbert left to seek medical attention.

After the incident, Gilbert took to Twitter to thank DeGraw and praise her partner Makism Chmerkovskiy.